Philmont Scout Ranch Cimarron, New Mexico

I was fortunate enough to spend the summers of 1994 and 1995 working on the photography staff at Philmont Scout Ranch, the national High Adventure base of the Boy Scouts of America. Philmont is 137,493 acres of New Mexico high country, almost all of it astoundingly beautiful. It's the largest camping operation of its kind in the world — each summer, tens of thousands of Scouts and Scouters come for ten-day backpacking treks through her backcountry or take classes at the Philmont Training Center. Living in California (endowed with the Sierras and other natural wonders), it's hard to explain to people here just why and how much Philmont gets under your skin — like everyone else who's worked there, I Want To Go Back to Philmont!

My Philmont Links (and pictures):

• Philmont Places
• Philmont People
• Tooth of Time, P2K: First ascent of the new millenium!

Not Philmont, but close:

• Aftermath of the 1996 Cimarron tornado
• Dawson, New Mexico (a ghost town on Hwy. 64 between Cimarron and Raton)

Other Peoples' Philmont Links:

• The all-in-one Philmont map, scanned into 12 sections
• The Philmont Staff Association
• Phillip Romans' Philpage, with some nifty links (Like the online collection of Wilderness Quotes; other people might be interested in his employment tips).
• The Philmont Ring of Homepages

Hope that you enjoy my pages — if so, drop me a line (but if you ask me what to pack for your trek, or what The Secret is to getting a job at Philmont, don't expect much help; I don't have many handy tips for either).

Kevin Hogan <khogan@Adobe.COM>
This page last revised January 7, 2000